Human nature is perforce compelled to acknowledge the existence of a Superior Power which guides and moulds its destiny. All religious books make a direct appeal and home-thrust to the heart and intuition of man, which results in a universal acknowledgement among mankind, thinking and unthinking, of the existence of this guiding Power (a’ gumentum ex-concesur gentium), or as Sinā ’ī puts it.

Uwaiys-ibn-Amir Moradi-al-Karani (r.a.) (also spelled Uways and Uwais) was born in Najd, Yemen. The date of his birth is not known. He took the name of Karani for one of two reasons: after Karani, a place or a mountain near Najd, where he was born, or after Karani, his group from the Bani Amir Tribe.

Syedina Ghous-ul-Azam is not only known as the greatest of all helpers, but was also a great preacher, a great educationalist, a great moralist and a great doctor of Muslim law. He was the glory of the learned and the light of Islam; the Spokesman of theologians, the Interpreter of men of spiritual knowledge, the unique Leader of Leaders; the Leader of nations;

His name was Sheikh Sharfuddin and Boo Ali Shah the title. His father, Sheikh Fakharuddin was a great scholar and saint of his time. The mother, Bibi Hafiza Jamal, was the daughter of Maulana Syed Nematullah Hamdani. His father came from Iraq in the year 600 Hijri and settled down in Panipat. His lineage with several links reaches to Hazrat Imam Abu Hanifa. He was born in Panipat in 606 Hijri.

Makhoom Osman Marwandi Sewastani (r.a.)

Popularly known as Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.

( MAY Allah HAVE MERCY ON HIM)

Birth : 538 A.H, (1143 A.D.)

Death : 650 A.H. (1252 A.D.)

He belonged to syed family. He learned the Holy Qur'an with great dedication and devotion and acquired knowledge of other religious disciplines and, thus, became a profound scholar. All exoteric and esoteric knowledge was gathered in his person.

Birth, Early life & Education

Khwaja Moin-ud-din Chishti, R.A. was born in Seistan (East Persia) also known as Sajistan, around 533 Hijri (1138-39 A.D.) in a well respected family. His father, Khwaja Ghayasuddin, R.A. and mother, Syeda Bibi Ummalwara (alias Bibi Mahe-Noor), were the descendants of Hazrat Ali, R.A. through his sons Imam Hassan and Imam Hussain. Khwaja Sahib lost both his father and mother at an early age of sixteen years. He inherited an orchard and millstone which were his means of livelihood. One day when

"In Allah's garden you gather roses,

Being drunk with divine mysteries: Hazrat Mehboob-e-Elahi -- the beloved of Allah, O, how I long for the attar of your company

Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia (d. 1325 A.D.) represents in many ways the pinnacle of the Chishti Order of the Sufis. Hazrat Baba Farid (r.a.), his spiritual guide, said to him on appointing him as his successor:

Thus thy body will be free of maladies, And thy life have all blessings

Baba Sheikh Farid had been in the 12th & 13th centuries, a great intellectual, unique renunciat, perfect ascetic and committed devotee of the Timeless Lord who communicated to the common folk the revealed divine message through the medium of sweet, soothing Punjabi language. Farid lived a householder's life marked with contentment and perseverance. One of the greatest virtues of his life was his love and sympathy for entire mankind.